"I should set sail soon!" Grimm threw the newspaper into the bonfire, having finished his meal.
Although he didn't know his exact power level, he knew he should be strong. He figured the animals on his island were about as strong as the ones Luffy fought on his training island for two years.
Remembering his boring days of punching the clock at work in his past life, Grimm thought his current life was much more interesting, especially with the Holy Light making the world a better place.
Praise the great Holy Light!
Just as Grimm was getting brainwashed by the Holy Light...
"Oh? What's that...?"
Standing on the shore of the island, Grimm suddenly saw a ship slowly sailing towards him. The black skull flag waving in the wind showed who they were.
But Grimm was confused. Why was a pirate ship sailing towards his island? It used to be prosperous, but after the Tirion family was destroyed, the island was removed from the maps.
The pirate ship got closer. When it was about one kilometer away from the island...
Snap!
Grimm snapped his fingers and shouted, "Mount up, don't talk, three-way hunter shaman!" Three seconds later, a brown creature with the body of a lion, the head of a bird, and wings appeared under Grimm.
It was Grimm's flying mount: a Swift Brown Gryphon!
The pirates on the ship saw someone riding a strange bird flying down from the sky. The helmsman shouted, and a dozen sailors ran over to watch. They saw a fifteen-year-old boy standing on the deck. The strange bird had disappeared.
"Hey kid, who are you?" Pirates aren't as nice as Grimm. Seeing a stranger on their ship, they immediately yelled.
"Hi, hello everyone, no need to be so nervous, I am a good person, I am here to representing the Holy Light to bless you!" Grimm casually waved his hand.
The pirates: "???"
"What are you talking about, kid? I can't understand any of that nonsense. Who are you? Do you know whose ship you're on?" A bald, muscular man with a vest and a lot of chest hair looked at Grimm with a fierce expression.
The other pirates watched Grimm without any worry.
One muscular man with a beard and a whip looked excited: "Hey, brothers, we're going to have some fun today! I wonder if this tender meat can handle some roughhousing!"
Grimm picked his nose: "You guys are rude and your words are unpleasant, I want to see your captain!"
"Heh, hahaha..."
"You came here without knowing our pirate flag? Admirable courage! Admirable courage!"
"You want to see our captain! Not bad, kid, you have admirable courage!"
"If you fall into our captain's hands, you'll probably have a very enjoyable night!"
Nearly twenty pirates laughed loudly. About half a minute later, a fierce-looking black man about two and a half meters tall walked out of the cabin.
He carried a European medieval spear, over three meters long. He was a lancer. It's said that lancers have bad luck, Grimm was happy. He met a lancer on his first voyage. It seemed his luck was about to change.
"Captain of the Fells Pirates, Matney Fells, bounty of 30 million Berries."
The tall black man coldly announced his name and bounty, looking proud. He pointed his nostrils at Grimm, who was only one meter eighty tall.
So scary! A big pirate with a 30 million Berry bounty!
This was the North Blue. It was said to be the strongest of the four seas, but a 30 million Berry bounty was definitely top-tier there.
The World Government hadn't started focusing on the economy yet, so there wasn't inflation. People with bounties over 10 million were very impressive!
If it were Luffy's time, he'd probably be worth over 100 million.
"Hello, Captain, representing the Holy Light to bless you!" Grimm said politely, but his expression turned serious: "Since you're a pirate with such a high bounty, why haven't you entered the Grand Line?"
Fells' face froze, and his crew looked unhappy. They all seemed to remember something unpleasant.
They had entered the Grand Line, but they couldn't say, "We were beaten like dogs by a curly-haired guy and ran back. The Grand Line is too scary!"
"I don't need to tell you!" Fells calmed himself down and glared at Grimm.
"Your eyes are full of fear. The Holy Light tells me you're afraid!" Grimm said calmly: "Child, what are you afraid of? The Holy Light? If you believe in the Holy Light, I can help you banish your fear! Believe in the Holy Light and gain eternal life!"
Grimm recited with great emotion.
The system told Grimm that he would gain unexpected rewards by developing followers, so Grimm wanted to try it out.
"What's this nonsense about the Holy Light? What are you even talking about?" Fells got angry: "Kid, quickly tell me who you are! Did Roger send you to hunt us down?" He threw a punch with a strength that no one in Grimm's past life could match.
Bang!
Grimm raised his left hand, using his palm as a shield, and blocked the punch.
"You're hitting so hard, old man?" Grimm pushed Fells' fist away and shrugged helplessly. "Since we can't talk, then accept the judgment of the Holy Light!"
"Repent!" Grimm raised his hand and cast the spell "Repentance." A beam of Holy Light fell from the sky, enveloping Fells.
Suddenly, Fells stopped punching and knelt down in front of Grimm.
[Repentance]: Makes the enemy enter a state of repentance for one minute, reflecting on their sins. When the repentance time ends, there is a small to impossible chance that the target will enter a permanent "Redemption" state (i.e., become a follower of the Holy Light and frantically promote the Holy Light; this state is contagious). CD: One day.
Seeing their captain kneel down, the various pirates were so shocked that their jaws dropped to their waists.
The pirates really had long jawbones. Grimm could never do such a difficult move.
"Hey, hey, what did he do to the captain?"
"Is it a Devil Fruit ability?"
"The captain seems to have something to say!"
Under everyone's gaze, Fells looked at Grimm very piously: "Holy Light, please forgive me. I am a terrible bastard. I killed someone at three years old, slaughtered a village at ten, and killed countless people, from 80-year-olds to 3-year-olds. I never let anyone go."
"Besides that, I'm also a bastard. I peeked at my brother bathing at five, and I beat my dad at ten. As long as it's a man, whether it's an 80-year-old or a 3-year-old, I won't let them go if I have the chance. Also, I've beat everyone on this ship. The person I want to beat the most is the guy with the coward personality..."
Hearing this, the pirates' jaws dropped even further, hitting the ground.
"Hey, hey, Captain, you..."
"The captain isn't sincere with me..."
"..."
At this time, Fells shook his head and finally woke up, suddenly standing up: "Kid, what did you do to me?"
Seeing this, Grimm shook his head, "It seems I didn't trigger the Redemption effect. What a pity!"
"Unforgivable!" Fells completely erupted, pulling out the spear from behind his back. His upper body swelled, his clothes exploded, and he turned into an incomplete black bear four meters tall with human legs!
"Kid, I'm going to beat you..."
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